D · BUF · NHL id 8477355
Will Butcher has played 37 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists (8 points) on 35 shots while averaging 16:29 a night (15:34 at even strength, 0:42 on the power play and 0:05 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Butcher on the ice (18-24 in goals, 68% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against STL he was on D3 with Casey Fitzgerald and off the power play. He is shooting 5.7% this season against 5.0% across the 280 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs STL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 6 games, 14:19 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2021-22 · 78 attempts, 35 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 78 attempts, 35 on goal, 2 goals, 2.65 expected goals; best chance Will Butcher at 0.32 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2021-22 regular season · 34 of 37 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.031
- Season net
- −0.29xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.53
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.020
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 30, 2021 alerts →
- Played 7:16 less than his 5-game averageNov 13, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Apr 24, 2021 alerts →
- Played 6:37 more than his 5-game averageApr 24, 2021 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Apr 27, 2021 alerts →
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Butcher
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
37 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs STL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:51 | 13:51 | — | — |
| Apr 5 | vs CAR | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 13:28 | 13:28 | — | — |
| Mar 30 | vs WPG | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:32 | 14:32 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | @ CHI | W 6-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:09 | 15:09 | — | — |
| Mar 27 | @ NYR | OTL 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:48 | 12:48 | — | — |
| Mar 20 | @ VAN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:05 | 15:00 | — | 1:05 |
| Jan 29 | @ ARI | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0:53 | 0:53 | — | — |
| Jan 20 | vs DAL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 3:25 | 3:25 | — | — |
| Jan 18 | @ OTT | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:25 | 15:31 | 0:54 | — |
| Jan 17 | vs DET | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 17:28 | 15:49 | 1:39 | — |
| Jan 11 | vs TBL | L 1-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 19:19 | 16:56 | 2:18 | — |
| Jan 6 | vs SJS | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 20:44 | 18:54 | 1:17 | — |
| Jan 1 | @ BOS | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17:54 | 15:13 | 2:41 | — |
| Dec 30 | @ NYI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20:32 | 19:34 | 0:58 | — |
| Dec 29 | vs NJD | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:59 | 14:57 | 1:02 | — |
| Dec 16 | @ MIN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:11 | 16:15 | 1:56 | — |
| Dec 14 | @ WPG | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:45 | 16:20 | 0:25 | — |
| Dec 11 | vs WSH | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:26 | 15:13 | — | — |
| Dec 10 | vs NYR | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:29 | 16:29 | — | — |
| Dec 7 | vs ANA | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:36 | 18:30 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 37 | 609:53 | 16:29 | 528 | 523 | 50.2% | 49.6% | 302 | 314 | 22 | 28 | 44% | 24.0 | 24.3 | 69% |
| Even strength | 37 | 575:56 | 15:34 | 481 | 500 | 49.0% | 48.4% | 273 | 297 | 18 | 27 | 40% | 20.6 | 22.1 | 66% |
| 5v5 | 37 | 567:45 | 15:21 | 475 | 495 | 49.0% | 48.2% | 268 | 293 | 18 | 24 | 43% | 20.3 | 21.6 | 68% |
| Power play | 19 | 25:36 | 1:21 | 40 | 14 | 74.1% | 72.9% | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2.8 | 0.9 | 93% |
| Penalty kill | 5 | 2:56 | 0:35 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 8 | 7:37 | 0:57 | 6 | 5 | 54.5% | 60.0% | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.4 | 25% |
| 5v4 | 19 | 25:36 | 1:21 | 40 | 14 | 74.1% | 72.9% | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2.8 | 0.9 | 93% |
| 4v5 | 5 | 2:56 | 0:35 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 8 | 4:06 | 0:31 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | BUF | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 0 | 35 | 5.7% | 11 | 32 | 16:29 |
| 2020-21 | NJD | 23 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 2 | 37 | 2.7% | 7 | 28 | 19:02 |
| 2019-20 | NJD | 56 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -8 | 6 | 62 | 6.5% | 31 | 75 | 17:55 |
| 2018-19 | NJD | 78 | 4 | 26 | 30 | -17 | 18 | 108 | 3.7% | 38 | 74 | 19:16 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | NJD | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3% | 3 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 2017-18 | NJD | 81 | 5 | 39 | 44 | +1 | 8 | 88 | 5.7% | 21 | 62 | 16:04 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.